Bruntingthorpe Super Guppy has been moved to the scrapping pan to be cut up

[DHfan]

Originally Posted by Jhieminga

Or was that a question about XJ494 at Bruntingthorpe?

Given the context of the question, almost certainly. However, since I don't remember there being a Sea Vixen at Bruntingthorpe, and haven't been there for probably approaching 20 years, I plead old age.

[GeeRam]

Originally Posted by DHfan

Given the context of the question, almost certainly. However, since I don't remember there being a Sea Vixen at Bruntingthorpe, and haven't been there for probably approaching 20 years, I plead old age.

Certainly is a Vixen at Brunty, and the crew that looked after it had done wonders over the years to get it to a running and taxiable condition, and I remember seeing a video clip from back in 2013-2015 timeframe? of it doing a slow taxi around under its own power, with wing fold/unfold etc.
I'm not sure who owns the Vixen there though, and if not David Walton, then its future is pretty bleak unless it can be moved to another location pretty soon, which for a running and taxiable Vixen would be a crying shame.

[GeeRam]

Originally Posted by Quemerford

Good to hear - thanks. Recent events must point towards a move elsewhere though.

What recent events?
David Walton isn't moving any of the aircraft that he owns to elsewhere?

[treadigraph]

XJ494 is listed as owned by David Thomas/ Classic British Jets Collection.

[MAC 40612]

Originally Posted by Quemerford

Luckily there are well-preserved Super Guppies at Hamburg and Toulouse. Large aircraft like this are always going to be vulnerable.

Any news on the Comet?

The Super Guppy at Hamburg isn't exactly in any sort of public viewing area. It is in a line of preserved aircraft [Hansa Jet, Noratlas. Transall and the Super Guppy] that is on the Airbus factory site at Hamburg-Finkenwerder. You might get a glimpse of it if you go on a factory tour but they don't visit any of the preserved aircraft and no cameras are allowed on the tours.
Luckily, I had taken my sons in the past to visit the Bruntingthorpe example

[TURIN]

Originally Posted by Krystal n chips

Thanks for that. Two locations on the A6 opposite each other spring to mind as does one beginning with A directly under the approach.

Another interesting feature was the control cables quick disconnect / re-connect performed by the F/E....lets just say there was no faffing around with turnbuckles and wire locking.

From memory the chap wasn't really an FE in the traditional sense. More a Flying Spanner Engineer type. We used to assist the opening and closing sequence, disconnecting/connecting, control cables, and various other bits and bobs. My job (as a junior) was to hold a stick with a chock on the end, following the drive wheel round as the nose was swung open.